Our ancestors are part of our root system that supports and can sustain who we are.
We are the ‘culmination’ of our ancestors as an expression of Pachamama.
Many of our burdens and our gifts come from our ancestors.
These may be family ancestors (usually parents, grandparents or great-grandparents) or ‘past life’ ancestors (who we were in past lives).
Often the burdens (traumas) of our ancestors are repeated in our personal biography. These burdens may be a response to what happened to them or what they did (moral injury).
Likewise our gifts are often re-expressions of their gifts.
To enhance our own transformation it is useful to know of the burdens / traumas – so we can recognize them in our lives and work to resolve / release them.
And to fully express our creative potential it is useful to know what gifts were passed down to us. Often these gifts have been ‘covered’ over if the flow of energy from our ancestors has been ‘corrupted’, closed off or frozen.
In this workshop we will connect with an ancestor(s) and work to recognize / resolve the burdens and embrace the gifts.
Preparation:
Think of an ancestor(s) (family or past life) that you feel you have an energetic connection to. They may have appeared in dreams, or you may have some of their belongings, or your mind may sometimes wonder who they were or what they did.
If you know something about them, then write down what burdens they carried; and what gifts they expressed. (Note: we will further delve into this in the sound work, so don’t worry if you have sketchy awareness of these things).
Think about how you may be like them in terms of how you might be carrying and re-expressing (look for patterns in your life) their burdens; and expressing (perhaps with limited success) their gifts. Remember their gifts are your gifts, but often expressed in different ‘media’ that reflect different times.
In the sound session we will explore creating a stronger connection to (attunement with) the ancestor(s) you choose and recognize both their / our burdens / traumas and gifts.
In a sense we will be ‘grounding’ ourselves into the lineage of our ancestors, and ancient, sustaining, lifeforce.
Post workshop
After the sound session prepare an offering to your ancestor(s). To thank them and honor the flow of lifeforce to you over the millennia.